The state demographer’s office is leaning heavily on Minnesota’s students to fill out their census forms and help ensure that the state retains all eight of its seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

If you want to know how important an accurate census count is, just ask Tom Gillaspy.

In the latest development in the ongoing saga to see if Minnesota will lose one of its eight congressional seats, State Demographer Tom Gillaspy said this morning Minnesota is projected to lose a seat by a razor-thin margin.

Past governors and legislative leaders fault both politics and demographics.

Although Minnesota is eking out population gains as the decade draws to a close, the state still stands on the verge of losing a congressional ...

Although Minnesota is eking out population gains as the decade draws to a close, the state still stands on the verge of losing a congressional seat after the 2010 U.S. Census.

Although Minnesota is eking out population gains as the decade draws to a close, the state still stands on the verge of losing a congressional seat after the 2010 U.S. Census.

Those wondering if Minnesota will lose a congressional seat after the next U.S. Census can chew over some new population estimates. Minnesota is among a ...

Population figures highlight possibility state could lose a congressional seat New numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau show the population growth of Minnesota slowing ever ...

You could make a mountain out of the great variety of data and information about Minnesota that state agencies have to collect. Lee Meilleur makes ...